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Starting something new in your life is never easy. We are full of
trepidation, uncertainty and often doubt our capabilities. I, too, faced such a
situation when I decided to leave my lucrative IT job to give more time to
writing and pursuing my dream of becoming a published writer.
Everyone including
my friends and family felt that I was making a big mistake. After all, writing
could be done part time but I knew that I would never get time to pursue this
dream of mine if I continued my IT job. Long hours in the office with additional
responsibilities following me even at home, I never got the time to sit down
and write anything. Year after year went by with no change in my schedule. I
was only getting more and more busy with each passing day. So at last, I
decided to give up my paying job to go chase a dream that would not pay me as high
as my job but would give me a satisfaction that my current occupation had never
given me. It was also a possibility that I would never earn anything from writing but still this was something I wanted to do.
my friends and family felt that I was making a big mistake. After all, writing
could be done part time but I knew that I would never get time to pursue this
dream of mine if I continued my IT job. Long hours in the office with additional
responsibilities following me even at home, I never got the time to sit down
and write anything. Year after year went by with no change in my schedule. I
was only getting more and more busy with each passing day. So at last, I
decided to give up my paying job to go chase a dream that would not pay me as high
as my job but would give me a satisfaction that my current occupation had never
given me. It was also a possibility that I would never earn anything from writing but still this was something I wanted to do.
Amidst all kinds
of objections and forecasts about regretting my decision in the future, I
sent in my resignation and was finally free to sit down and get lost in a
fictional world that had always attracted me but wasn’t guaranteed to give me any
monetary outputs anytime soon.
of objections and forecasts about regretting my decision in the future, I
sent in my resignation and was finally free to sit down and get lost in a
fictional world that had always attracted me but wasn’t guaranteed to give me any
monetary outputs anytime soon.
I started writing
each day. Initially it was just a page per day with no clear inspiration coming
to me but then slowly I started getting back the artistic creativity that I had
feared was lost forever. After a few weeks, I was happy to see that now I could write a
small story without much difficulty. My days were free of the incessant phone
calls, the cranky emails and the unrealistic deadlines that had overshadowed my
life for so long.
each day. Initially it was just a page per day with no clear inspiration coming
to me but then slowly I started getting back the artistic creativity that I had
feared was lost forever. After a few weeks, I was happy to see that now I could write a
small story without much difficulty. My days were free of the incessant phone
calls, the cranky emails and the unrealistic deadlines that had overshadowed my
life for so long.
The real
opportunity to test myself came a few months later when I was contacted by a
bloggers forum and invited to join them. They had weekly chats on writing and
guidance was provided for aspiring authors. I joined the forum and it has been
the best decision that I took. I am currently halfway through my first book and
hope to get published soon. Seeing myself among my favourite authors is a dream
that I have seen for so long. Maybe some day I will make it a reality but for
now I have initiated my journey and this is a journey that has given me the
satisfaction, if not the money, that I have been craving all my life.
opportunity to test myself came a few months later when I was contacted by a
bloggers forum and invited to join them. They had weekly chats on writing and
guidance was provided for aspiring authors. I joined the forum and it has been
the best decision that I took. I am currently halfway through my first book and
hope to get published soon. Seeing myself among my favourite authors is a dream
that I have seen for so long. Maybe some day I will make it a reality but for
now I have initiated my journey and this is a journey that has given me the
satisfaction, if not the money, that I have been craving all my life.
I have taken a
chance and taken steps to start a new life and I am so happy that I dared to do so.
chance and taken steps to start a new life and I am so happy that I dared to do so.
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Good luck with your book. It's a terrific feeling to type 'The End'. 🙂
Thanks Dale 🙂